Presents a summary of current research on the philosophical issues inherent in the reduction of thermodynamics to statistical mechanics.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
List of contributors 1. Introduction Gerhard Ernst and Andreas Hütteman Part I. The Arrows of Time: 2. Does a low-entropy constraint prevent us from influencing the past? Mathias Frisch 3. The part hypothesis meets gravity Craig Callender 4. Quantum gravity and the arrow of time Claus Kiefer Part II. Probability and Chance: 5. The natural-range conception of probability Jacob Rosenthal 6. Probability in Boltzmannian statistical mechanics Roman Frigg 7. Humean mechanics versus a metaphysics of powers Michael Esfeld Part III. Reduction: 8. The crystallisation of Clausius's phenomenological thermodynamics C. Ulises Moulines 9. Reduction and renormalization Robert W. Batterman 10. Irreversibility in stochastic dynamics Jos Uffink Index.
List of contributors 1. Introduction Gerhard Ernst and Andreas Hütteman Part I. The Arrows of Time: 2. Does a low-entropy constraint prevent us from influencing the past? Mathias Frisch 3. The part hypothesis meets gravity Craig Callender 4. Quantum gravity and the arrow of time Claus Kiefer Part II. Probability and Chance: 5. The natural-range conception of probability Jacob Rosenthal 6. Probability in Boltzmannian statistical mechanics Roman Frigg 7. Humean mechanics versus a metaphysics of powers Michael Esfeld Part III. Reduction: 8. The crystallisation of Clausius's phenomenological thermodynamics C. Ulises Moulines 9. Reduction and renormalization Robert W. Batterman 10. Irreversibility in stochastic dynamics Jos Uffink Index.
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